Middle school student competes in National Trumpet Competition

By Christina Burke Staff Writer Eighth grader Christopher Stubblefield is not your average member of the Coppell Middle School North Honor Winds Band. Stubblefield is an outstanding trumpet player whose skills have been recognized for the second year in a row by the National Trumpet Competition. In this year’s competition, he has been selected as a semi finalist. The next step for him in this process is to travel to George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, to compete in the next level this March. During his next performance in March, Stubblefield must preform his musical piece live in front of the judges and an audience. Stubblefield’s consideration in this competition began when a video of…

Thespian troupes make an effort to ‘can’ hunger with TOTS-EAT

Addy Buigas-Lopez Staff Writer Hunger is a very scary thing; that’s why over 280 Thespian troupes across the nation collect pounds of non-perishable food items for donations to the 49.1 million people in the United States living in food insecure households. Trick or Treat So Kids Can Eat (TOTS-EAT) is the International Thespian Society’s annual nationwide community service project to collect food for local charities. Thespian troupes host a month-long food drive during the month of October to collect cans that are then donated to the food bank of their choice. “Our goal for this year, as a nation, is to get around 350,000 pounds to beat our record-breaking total of 332,000 pounds last year,”…

Ashbrook inspires blood drive

by Divya Kumar News Editor  It is a rare thing for a teacher to have much of a lasting affect on a student beyond the school year in which they are acquainted. This clearly is not the case for Coppell Middle School North’s Band Director, Joel Ashbrook, whose students not only hold him fondly in their memories, but are also willing to go to great lengths for him. Ashbrook, whose bone marrow has recently stopped producing platelets, is now going through chemo therapy for what doctors feel might be cancer. While normally this process requires medical care and money to be received, upon hearing the news Ashbrook’s students – both former and current – decided to…